Category Archives: science

24 Jun 2010

Hey i heart cleveland readers…join vitaminwater this saturday, at the Great Lakes Science Center for a ‘prepare for the eclipse’ evening. FREE to the public!

They will be screening the ‘twilight’ film at 6pm, intermission in the planetarium (because this is the date of the lunar eclipse) and afterwards screening of ‘new moon’. (flyer reads ‘new moon’ screening at 10p, likely to be earlier) complimentary popcorn + vitaminwater. giveaways + chance to win eclipse premier passes. everyone is welcome! see you there.

13 Jan 2010

Long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… In the early 1970’s, there were several film groups on the Case Western Reserve campus. These groups had formed because of interest in different genres of movies. Along the way, the groups merged and formed the basis of the current CWRU Film Society.

This weekend pack your backpack, Red Bull, sleeping bags and tooth brush and go to the Science Fiction Marathon. This weekend of approx 36 hrs of back to back science fiction movies, trailers, and surprises was started in 1976 and is attended by CWRU students, the Cleveland community, and people from out of state and from other countries.

Saturday12:00am The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) 2:00am SURPRISE I 3:30am First Spaceship on Venus (1962) 5:15am Independence Day (1996) 8:00am Moonraker (1979)10:15am Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)12:45pm The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) 2:45pm Short Circuit (1986) (JOHNNY 5 is ALIVE!!!) 4:30pm SURPRISE II 6:15pm The Phantom Planet (1961) 7:45pm The Fifth Element (1997)10:00pm The City of Lost Children (1995)

12 Feb 2009

Join the staff of the Cleveland Botanical Gardens as they invite you to Celebrate the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birthday and the 150th anniversary of The Origin of Species.

An English naturalist Darwin realised and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called “natural selection.” The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930s, and now forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory. In modified form, Darwin’s scientific discovery remains the foundation of biology, as it provides a unifying logical explanation for the diversity of life

A special display of rare books and hands-on activities will be part of the Museums celebration. Free with Garden Admission, no registration required. 1-3pm

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19 Dec 2008

Want to avoid the holiday shopping crowds this weekend? Head over to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History as they welcome the new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. The full-size T. rex, a replica of the original fossil in Montana’s Museum of the Rockies, will be posed facing off against the Cleveland museum’s recently acquired Triceratops, the second-largest dinosaur of the Late Cretaceous Period.

The museum will hold several activities from noon to 4 pm, including dinosaur craft-making, live animal displays at 1 and 3 p.m. featuring “Raptor Show” and “Dinosaur Descendants,” a 1:30 pm talk by fossil hunter Darin Croft, and a 2 pm T. rex roaring contest.

Dino Day Activities Throughout the Day Include:• Paleontologist Vest Craft • Dinosaur Doorknob Hanger Craft in the Discovery Center• Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt/Bingo – Complete to receive a Dinosaur Stencil!• Bring your camera to take a photo with a Museum dinosaur character• Hands-on-experience with bones and fossils • Vertebrate Paleontology display of dinosaur fossil casts and Q&A